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ROBERT L. ELLERY AND JULIAN VEAZIE, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS; SAID VEAZIE ASSIGNOR TO FRANCIS E. FULLER, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,118, dated September 25, 1888. Application filed January 18,1888. Serial No.261,097. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT L. ELLERY and JULIAN VEAZIE, citizens of the United States, residing at Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Button-Making Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to produce a button-making machine more simple in construction and effective in operation than those now in use.

Our invention consists, first, in a solid die made of one piece, provided with a matrixin which the button is formed.

Our invention also embodies various improvements in details of oonstructionandcombination, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of'this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of ourimproved buttonmaking machine, illustrating our invention. The other figures are enlarged detail views illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through line at m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of that part of the machine shown in vertical section in Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are horizontal sections of the same through line y Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the wire of which the eye of the button is made in position as it enters the machine. Fig. 4 shows the first operation of bending and cutting off the wire. Fig. 5 shows the eye of the button fully formed and the machine in position for the next movement, which completes the button, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The base-plate A of the machine carries the p journal-boxes B,in which revolves the shaft C,

to which the power which operates the machine is applied in the usual manner.

To the base-plate A are also secured the guides D, in which travels the block a, operated back and forth by the lever E, pivoted at I). Said lever E is in turn operated by the rod G, which is alternately moved back and forth in one direction by the spring H and in the other by the cam F on the revolving shaft C. The traveling block a is itself provided with guides c, in which travels back and forth the block d, operated by the lever I, which in turn is operated by the traveling rodJ, which latter is moved back and forth by the spring K and cam L on the shaft C.

The specific construction, operation, and purpose of the traveling blocks a and 61 will be hereinafter fully described.

The bedplate A is also provided with guides e, in which travels the block M, carrying the cutting and forming punch f. The block M is moved back and forth by the eccentric N on the revolving shaft 0; but it is obvious that this to-and-fro movement might readily be accomplished by means of-a cam and spring, if desired.

The lever P, operated by the cam Q on the shaft 0, operates the ratchet g, which turns the ratchet-wheel h and the roller a", and thus feeds the wire t to the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

The lever B, operated by the cam S on the said revolving shaft C, actuates the pin It, around which the eye of the button is formed, as hereinafter more fully described. 7

The traveling block a has its front end provided with a forming and cutting block, a, said forming-block being provided with a groove, Z, in which travels the thin tongue m, which latter is secured to the traveling block (Z. The said tongue at has its front end concaved, as shown.

The solid die n has its front side provided with the round open depression or matrix 0, in which the body of the button is formed,and back of this space said die is provided with the slot p, passing through said die, and just large enough to permit the eye of the button to pass through. In front of the die n is the receptacle or chute q,whichis kept filledwith the square paper or other fibrous blanks, 1', when the machine is in operation.

Having thus described the parts in detail, the operation of the machine when set in mo tion is as follows: The lever B raises the pin it to the position shown in Fig. 2. Atthe same time the action of the ratchet-wlieel h feeds the wire 2' into the machine until the end ofsaid wire is stopped by the shoulder t of the cuttingblock a. The forming-block a, which is secured to the traveling block (t,l1OW advances and bends the wire into the form shown in ICC a' now continues the edges of the cutting the bent piece of wire Z) from the straight wire at both ends at the points 0 d. The forming block a, having cut oil the piece of wire I), bent at both ends, carries the same forward against the projecting pin In, which stops the forward progress of the wire; but said block a, still advancing, bends said piece of wire 0 around said pin in, completing the formation of the eye I), as shown in Fig. 5, said eye finding lodgment in the groove Z of said formingblock a,which advances to the position shown in Fig. 5. The pin It is now withdrawn, and the traveling block d,provided with the tongue 02:, now advances. The said tongue at pushes the eye 7) forward along the slot or groove Z of the former a and through the slot 2) of die a until the ends of said eye project into or a little beyond the space 0 of said die. Meantime the traveling block M advances in the opposite direction,carrying the punchfagainst and through the paper blank opposite the end of said punch, thus cutting out a round piece of said blank and forcing it into the recess 0 of the die n. Thus, it will be seen, the pressure of the tongue in and punch 1' from front and rear against each other forces the eye b into the round piece of fibrous material cut out by the punch, thus forming the completed button 6', as shown in Fig. 6. The punch f now retires, and the tonguem, still advancing, pushes the completed button out of the machine and allows it to fall into any suitable receptacle-as through the orifice T in the bedplate A of the machine. The next revolution of the shaft 0 withdraws and advances the moving parts described of the machine, and thus forms another button, the whole opera tion being automatic.

The end of the punchf is concaved, as shown at f. This affords sharp cutting-edges to the outer rim of the punch,which cut a clean disk out of the paper stock against the edges of the recess 0 of the die a, and at the same time the pressure exerted, as already described, forces a portion of said paper disk into said concavity f of the punclnwhereby the upper surface of the button is made convex. Of course this surface may be made of any desired form by simply modifying the form of the recessf' in the end of the punch f.

The tendency of the pressure exerted in forming the button is to spread the ends of the eye [2 within the button-stock and to close up the stock firmly around the eye.

The pin is rests upon and is pressed against the end of the lever It by the spring It, but is not otherwise connected to said'levcr. \Vhen the position of the cam S permitsit',the spring h depresses the pin 7:, carrying its upper end below the surface of the block j, and withdraws said pin from the eye I)" of the button, thus permitting said eye to be pushed forward by the tongue at into the slot 1) of the dien, as described.

It will be observed that the pin k is withdrawn from the eye I) of the button before said eye and the body of the button are u nited that is, before the button is completed. This we believe to be an entirely new feature ofour machine, since in other machines the pin is not withdrawn until the button is con'iplcted.

(0* and 0* are respectively adjusting and set screws to bring the various working parts into proper relative alignment and to secure said parts in such position.

76 claim- 1. In a button-making machine, a solid die, preferably made of a single plate ofnietal, said metal plate being provided on one side with a matrix or mold in which the body of the button is formed,and on the opposite side with a small slot through which the eye ofsaid button is passed and pressed into thebod y of the same, substantially as described.

2. In a buttoirmaking machine, the com bination of the following elements: the solid die n,provided with the matrix 0 and the eyeslot 1), the punch f, the forming cutter a, no vided with the groove Z,and the tongue m,inclosed and traveling within said groove 1, the whole operating substantially as described.

3. In a buttonmaking machine, the pin k, around which the eye of thebutton is formed, in combination with mechanism operated by the revolving shaft and adapted to withdraw said pin from said eye before the button is completed, substantially as described.

1:. In combination, the traveling block a, provided with the cutting-block a and guides c, the block d,sliding on said block a,between said guides 0,and provided with thetongue m, the fixed cutting-blocks a o, adjacent to said cutting-block a,the traveling block M, carrying the punch f, andsituated opposite to the blocks a and (l, and the solid die n,located between said punch f and said blocks a and d, substantially as described.

ROBERT L. ELLl lI-LY; JULIAN 'VEAZIE.

Witnesses:

ELISIIA T. JACKSON, NELLrn l3. LEONARD. 

